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Request QuoteJustice Nwafor is a Nigerian freelance journalist who covers the Environment and Climate, Global Health, Conflicts, Economy, Gender Equality, Tech, and Development. His works have been published by the BBC, Reuters, African Arguments, Earth Journalism Network, Science and Development Network, and more. Twitter handle: @realjust_ice
On Oct. 1, 2017, Julius Ayuk Tabe declared an independent state called Ambazonia in the southwest and northwest regions of the Republic of Cameroon. The government clamped down on the separatists, and ever since, there’s been armed fighting. Why has the fighting raged on, and how is it being sustained?
Nigerian auhtorities barred outgoing calls on mobile SIMs not linked to NIN database. One-third of mobile users in the country blocked for failing to comply.
Every day, millions of barrels of crude oil are lifted off the coast of the Niger Delta region, drilled from the rivers and creeks that crisscross communities inhabited by impoverished locals. These indigenous communities, affected by the decades-long environmental devastation, are faced with the threat of extinction.
Plastic waste problem is a source of income for many, but health risks are often neglected.
An unstable supply of electricity from the grid leads to added difficulties in lockdown.
Jury Statement: Justice Nwafor crafted a wonderfully reported longform story on the rise of the separatist movement of the English-speaking people in the predominantly French-speaking Cameroon, and how it funds itself. Nwafar traced the long-standing political disconnect of the people who came under the British colony and their decades of pent up anger over poverty and the state apathy.
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